Dahl got the "Hillagurra-cognac"

There are several advantages of being first in the track, and one of them is definitely to be the first to pass Ottar Wigelius' fields, as he started a new tradition last year: a bottle of cognac to the first musher to pass his farm. At 06.50 a.m. today Roger Dahl arrived at the farm and could receive the bottle. Dahl told NRK that he would not drink the cognac himself, but pass it on to someone in his team. Dahl did not have time to stop in Hillegurra for long however, Brennodden was to close behind. Wigelius tells NRK that he will not risk toasting with the mushers: - If I do they could be caught for doping, he says, and chooses to give the whole bottle away instead.